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Boomer Boy
i bet tiger learned to play with persimmon woods. I know I did and i'm 8 years younger.
I'm not trying to be difficult, but what's your point?
i bet tiger learned to play with persimmon woods. I know I did and i'm 8 years younger.
Can’t believe he didn’t list David Duval.
Duval is a very strange guy. He was a great player for like 3-4 years and got to #1 for a short while. Then he won the Open and fell apart. It was usually painful to watch him after that.
I'm not trying to be difficult, but what's your point?
i bet tiger learned to play with persimmon woods. I know I did and i'm 8 years younger.
No shit. Anyone who says equipment doesn't matter isn't a golfer today, knows nothing about golf today, and clearly wasn't a golfer forty years ago.
Real question we should be asking ourselves is if Tiger is the most iconic sports figure in the history of sport? I think I would put him at two, behind Jordan and slightly ahead of Brady and Ali.
could Jack have rebuilt his game from the same physical and mental lows that Tiger fell back to being able to win a Masters is another question
Nicklaus never put himself in the sort of position Tiger put himself in. So we'll never know.
How about the courses? How do the courses compare now to 40 years ago? I'm guessing there has been somewhat similar evolution to equipment.
tiger put himself into a back injury?
tiger put himself into a back injury?
Brady? LOL. He isn't even in a global Top 10.
Tiger is a global icon, but let's keep in mind that globally Tennis is a bigger sport than Golf and that Soccer is the biggest of them all. Ronaldo and Messi are both more iconic than Tiger. And while this isn't true in the US, Federer is pretty damn iconic himself. And then you have to go on and discuss history - the Ali's, Jordan's, Lebron's, Pele's, Ruth's, Maradona's, etc. would all have a lot to say.
tiger put himself into a back injury?
I'm sure he probably did, but the equipment makes a huge difference. If Jack played today, would he still have as big advantage being long and straight since today's equipment is much easier to hit long (especially) and straight? Would Jack have as big an advantage with his ability to hit his mid and long irons so much higher than everybody else since we have hybrid technology now? By the same token, with Tiger struggling to hit his driver straight with even today's technology and golf balls that curve much less, would he be able to hit it in play enough to be the player he is today? Great players adjust, I think Jack Nicklaus would've been great today and Tiger would've been great then, it's really just a matter of how great they would be. Appreciate Jack for winning 18 professional majors, finishing top 3 in 47 other majors, against some of the true legends of the game and being a great sportsman and family man through it all. Appreciate Tiger for playing the game relative to his peers at a level never seen before, winning 4 in a row and now winning a major in a third different decade, and rebuilding his game and reputation after a great fall physically and personally.
America is the global hub for world culture. If you are not relevant in the US then you are not the most iconic sports figure in the world.
that the equipment matters but less than people think. a lot of the current tech was a result of the rise of tiger and surge in interest in golf. i don't think we should be knocking Tiger for having as much advantage via equipment
Yeah, which is why Ronaldo has 30 million more followers on one of his social media pages than any other athlete has on one of their's on earth (and that next athlete is Leo Messi). It likely also explains how Ronaldo has the largest single endorsement deal in history (estimated at over $1 billion for life). And that probably also explains how Roger Federer earned more from endorsements in 2018 than any other athlete on earth too. But do go on.